Match strip



D. E. WILSON April 6, 1937.

MATCH STRIP Filed Feb. 25, 1936 Inventor .2 .i Wilson 1 By W M g AllorneyJ" Patented Apr. 6, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE lclaim.

This invention is what may be termed a match strip adapted to be appliedto a cigarette pack age, tobacco container or the like whereby to.

provide for a handy and convenient supply of matches for smokers.

Briefly the invention consists of a strip adapted to be applied to acigarette package or the like and having a plurality of matches securedto the strip in any suitable manner preferably by being 10 integraltherewith.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be bestunderstood from a study of the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure l'is a perspective view of the match strip, and

Figure 2 is an elevational view illustrating an application of the stripto a cigarette package or tobacco container.

20 Referring to the drawing by reference numerals it will be seen thatin the preferred embodiment thereof the invention consists in theprovision of a narrow elongated strip 5 of any suitable material eitheror both sides of which may 25 be provided with a striking surface ofcarborundum or other suitable pyrotechnic material, and the respectiveopposite ends of the strip 5 are coated with an adhesive as at 6 wherebysaid ends may be adhesively united to the wall of a cigarette package,or tobacco can or container, or may be adhesively united together by.securing the strip 5 in the form oi a band about a cigarette package,tobacco can or container or any other similar or suitable supportingelement.

The strip 5 has projecting from one longitudinal edge thereof matches Iprovided with heads 8 made of any suitable substance such as sulphur orphosphorous.

The matches I are secured to the edge of the strip 5 in any suitablemanner, preferably by being integral therewith.

It will be readily appreciated that the strip 5 and matches I may be cutfrom a single blank of cardboard or other suitable material, and thatthe strip may be cheaply made and readily applied to a cigarettepackage, tobacco can or the like, and when so applied will provide for ahandy arrangement and supply of matches for the 10 smoker.

- In Figure 2 the numeral 9 indicates a cigarette package, tobacco can,or similar container and the strip 5 is shown as disposed slightlyupwardly from the bottom thereof and extending across 15 one side of thepackage or container 9, and in this connection it will be understoodthat the ends 6 of the strip may be either directly adhesively unitedwith the wall of the package or container 9 or that the strip 5 may beof such a length as to entirely extend around the container with theends 6 overlapped and adhesively united together for securing the strip5 in the form of a band about the element 9 whatever the nature of the

